List of fantasy authors

This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy.

Many of the authors are known for work outside the fantasy genres.

Joan Aiken
Peter S. Beagle
Terry Brooks
Steven Brust
Jack L. Chalker
Susanna Clarke
L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp
Raymond E. Feist
Neil Gaiman
Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm
Robert Holdstock
Guy Gavriel Kay and Elisabeth Vonarberg
Mercedes Lackey
George R. R. Martin
Patricia McKillip
Michael Moorcock
Garth Nix
Terry Pratchett
J. K. Rowling
Will Shetterly and Emma Bull
Sharon Shinn
Wen Spencer
Bust of J. R. R. Tolkien from Exeter College
Jo Walton
Gene Wolfe